Step 1. Prepare Your AWS Account

Before you deploy the Quick Start, make sure that your AWS account is set up properly
by following these steps.

If you don't already have an AWS account, create one at http://aws.amazon.com by following the
on-screen instructions. Part of the sign-up process involves receiving a phone
call and entering a PIN using the phone keypad.

Use the region selector in the navigation bar to choose the AWS Region where
you want to deploy AD DS.

Figure 6: Choosing an AWS
Region

Consider choosing a region closest to your data center or corporate network to
reduce network latency between systems running on AWS and the systems and users
on your corporate network.

Important

If you’re deploying scenario 3,
note that AWS Directory Service is available only in the regions listed on the AWS Regions
and Endpoints page in the AWS documentation. We recommend that
you check service availability before you choose a region. Otherwise,
deployment will fail.

Create a key pair in
your preferred region. To do this, in the navigation pane of the Amazon EC2 console,
choose Key Pairs, Create Key Pair,
type a name, and then choose Create.

Figure 8: Creating a key
pair

Amazon EC2 uses public-key cryptography to encrypt and decrypt login information.
To be able to log into your instances, you must create a key pair. With Windows
instances, we use the key pair to obtain the administrator password via the
Amazon EC2 console and then log in using Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) as explained
in the step-by-step instructions in the Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud User
Guide.

If necessary, request a service limit increase for the m4.xlarge instance type. To do this, in the AWS Support Center,
choose Create Case, Service Limit Increase, EC2
instances, and then complete the fields in the limit increase
form. The current default limit for this instance type is 20 instances.

You might need to request an increase if you already have an existing
deployment that uses this instance type, and you think you might exceed the
default limit with this reference deployment. It might take a few days for the
new service limit to become effective. For more information, see Amazon EC2 Service Limits in
the AWS documentation.

Figure 8: Requesting a service limit
increase

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